Overview of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Program
	Part Three: How Does the Foundation Operate? A thirteen-member Board of Trustees and a staff of seven administer the Foundation’s programs. The Board of Trustees is composed of four ex officio members (the Comptroller, the Treasurer, and the Secretaries of Agriculture and Planning) and nine Governor-appointed members. The Governor’s appointed members include representatives of the Maryland Farm Bureau, the Maryland Grange, the Maryland Agriculture Commission, the Maryland Young Farmers' Advisory Board, and the State’s forestry industry. The Board seeks a diverse membership based on geography, age, gender, race, and type of farming operation. MALPF is based on a partnership with local governments which appoint advisory boards of five or seven members to assist in the administration process. The local agricultural land preservation advisory board works with the local governing authorities to develop local rankings systems, approve easement applications, and review requests from program participants, making recommendations on those requests to the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. No easement purchase is approved by the State that has not already been reviewed and approved by individual counties. Each county has a designated program administrator to act as the primary contact with and liaison between the agricultural community and the Foundation and the local governing authorities and the Foundation. County program administrators also have day-to-day responsibility for monitoring district and easement properties, helping landowners prepare easement applications and subsequent requests to be reviewed by the county and the Foundation. Local program administrators are in an excellent position to advise landowners on the range of options and programs in addition to MALPF that are available to help landowners seeking to preserve their properties.
HOME PAGE OVERVIEW: Part 1: Introduction and the Foundation’s Mission Part 2: How Can the Foundation Help You? Part 3: How Does the Foundation Operate? FACT SHEETS: About Maryland's Agricultural Land Preservation Program AGENDAS: Meetings of the MALPF Board of Trustees MINUTES: Meetings of the MALPF Board of Trustees LEGISLATION: Status of Current or Recent Legislation Introduced to the General Assembly affecting MALPF LEGAL DOCUMENTS: Relevant Annotated Code, Regulations, and the Deed of Easement FORMS: Easement Application, Lot Exclusion Requests, and Others REPORTS: Annual Reports and Policy Reports and Documents BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONTACT INFORMATION: -Program Administrators -Foundation Staff LINKS: -Other State Land Preservation Resources -County Land Preservation Resources
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	MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION FOUNDATION MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE The Wayne A. Cawley, Jr. Building 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway Annapolis, Maryland 21401 Telephone: 410-841-5860 Fax: 410-841-5730 Maryland Department of Agriculture Home Page http://www.malpf.info/overview3.html